Our Friends' HAED SAL: Post for March

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Post for March

Hi I’m March, and I want to thank Jan for being my volunteer poster while I wait to join this great stitching group. While I am at it I want to thank Jan for leading me to HAED’s when I got back into stitching last year and teaching me to stitch in 1987.

The HAED I am working on is Josephine Wall’s The Untold Story, I call it TUTS. I started working on this piece on 4/27/08 I have had many stops and starts but have reached page 4 in my stitching journey. Since I found this blog I have been joining the Thursday SAL and the regular HAED weekend SAL.

Here is my progress on TUTS:

Happy Stitching

March

9 comments:

Marie said...: March, the design that you have chosen is really amazing, full of colors and details ! Your work looks wonderful, and I'm glad that you can share it with us !

I'm looking forward to see your next update !

Happy stitching !
Marie.; October 3, 2009 at 11:55 AM
Carla said...: Looks fantastic! Great job!; October 3, 2009 at 1:08 PM
Cindy F. said...: Welcome March!!
WOW!! Your "TUTS" is incredible!!
Beautiful stitching and 4 pages complete!! Good job girl!!; October 3, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Sabine S. said...: It's so nice to finally be able to leave YOU comments on this blog! Yours TUTS is amazing!!!! The sky colors are simply beautiful and the "lizard" looks so real he gives me the creepy crawlies. Welcome!!
Sabine; October 3, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Anonymous said...: Welcome March, glad to "see" you here! Your HAED is beautiful!!; October 4, 2009 at 1:20 AM
CathE said...: Your work is beautiful. Welcome, it's lovely to see your work at last.; October 4, 2009 at 1:47 AM
Joke said...: Only one word: wow!; October 4, 2009 at 4:57 AM
Carolyn NC said...: Hi March,
Welcome and beautiful stitching!; October 5, 2009 at 12:15 PM
Wendy said...: Welcome March! That is a nice design you are stitching. Can't wait to see more :); October 6, 2009 at 2:01 AM

Tutorials

How to Carry Threads
This is really easy...it takes a while to get used to though....and your back will look terrible...this you will have to live with...One thing...You will be working your 10 x 10 grids in colums...it makes it easier...
1. Start with a 10 x 10 grid..
2. Find your first symbol...and stitch all of that symbol in your 10 x 10 grid....When finished...
3. Find the same symbol on the 10 x 10 grid below it...take your needle and bring your thread up like you are going to make the first 1/2 of the X ...but don't do it...just unthread your needle and lay the thread down..
4. Go back to the first grid you were working on...and stitch the next symbol the same way....when finished bring your thread down....
5. continue each symbol until your first 10 x 10 grid is finished....
6. start the next 10 x 10 grid ....you should have thread there already for you to pick up and stitch...
Posted by Vickie 3/7/2009

Tent Stitching (Wikipedia)
Tent stitch variants
There are three types of tent stitch, all producing the same appearance on the front of the canvas but each worked in a slightly different way and having particular characteristics, uses, benefits and drawbacks. These variants of tent stitch are known as basketweave, continental and half cross tent stitches:
Basketweave tent stitch - The basketweave form of tent stitch is worked in diagonal rows up and down the canvas. The yarn on the back of the canvas has a typical basketweave appearance, with alternating horizontal and vertical stitches. Basketweave is the best stitch to use for covering large areas of canvas as it does not distort the canvas as the other two forms of tent stitch do.
Continental tent stitch - Continental stitch is worked horizontally or vertically across the canvas. On the back of the work, the stitches appear diagonally across two threads. This method uses more yarn than half cross stitch tent stitch but is more hardwearing.
Half cross tent stitch - Half cross stitch is worked horizontally or vertically across the canvas. On the back of the work, the stitch appears vertical or horizontal, not diagonal, and crosses only one thread. This method uses less yarn than other stitches but is not very durable as coverage on the back of the canvas is a little thin.